Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-03-18

ly purchased as a gentleman's driver the
well-bred Woodburn Pilot, six years old
mare, out of Hambletonian and MesSen-
ger mare, of Rev. NJ. =. Bell, considera-
ton private. ..... The last quarterly meet
ing for this conference year, occurred
Sunday, the pastor officiating ....A fter
long sickness, Mr. Jacob Chamber died
yesterday, funeral the 18th at the Centre,
attended by the Rev. Mr.. Schofeld, pas
tor of the Baptist church MIR II. 5.
Yaw has rented his farm to Mr. w. b.
Doolan.
Georgia.
Sunday services will be held in EN-
manuel church, East Georgia, on alter
nate Sundays beginning with March 20,
at $3.50 p. m; Bible class and Sunday
school, at 3 p. IN. Lenten services on each
Wednesday afternoon at 3 p. m. This
week the Wednesday service will be held
at Mr.. kraus's, next week at Mr.. h. j.
Parker's.
Cambridge.
Miss Emma Utton, of Morrisyille will
spend the spring in the family of George
+. Melvin. Miss Mory Ober is visiting
Miss Mary Perham in Fairfax ..... Mr..
Jones of Johnson and Miss Lila Waterman
are visiting in Jeffersonvile ... Roscoe
Full has the contract for keeping the roads
open and has appointed Royal Dickinson
his deputy in district No &C.,. Rossie
'
liston.. Miss Alice Flagg who went to
Minneapolis last summer has accepted
position in the office of the Minneapolis
HousCkecper. Whooping cough is
prevalent. Benjamin Westman has
taken possession of his far m in district
No. 1... Cambridge voted $50 for Me-
mortal Day Rev. Gemont Graves held
Episcopal services in Jeffersonville Sun
day ......A few farmers have tapped their
sugar trees, but little sugar has yet been
made. Orange w. Reynolds has pur-
chased the ''Od meeting house" at the
Boro. Cambridge town tax is 90 cents
on a dollar. The highway tax is to be
raised in mOney.....Jo Watkins started
for Fargo, OAK, with his fathers family
last week at the last meetir of Phoenix
lodge he was presented with very hand
some dressing case. II. \. Gray will
have grist mill erected and in running
order by May - on the Ellenwood lot in
Cambridge Boro.
Wilmer Heath of Sparta, Mich, visited
last week at w. II. Griswold's IS ....An-
drew Mcllenry has vacated S. II. Reed s
tenement and moved into Wetherby &
Pages's tenement over in Jersey. ......
Patrick Nefiin has taken possession of the
tenement vacated by McHenry. .. Miss
CarrolPs school at Jeffersonville opened
with 90 pupils. .......M Mrs. Sabrina Macom-
Der of Greensboro is i'll at A. Hawley's of
pneumonia......W Willis Marshall, an ex-
horter of Morrsville, otiiciated at the
Boro last Sunday. ...Richard r. Dodge
has left his position on the Central Yer
mont and is stopping at home,
vergennes.
Mr.. f. ID. Chilson has nearly finished
the repairs on the Goss & Gleason kaolin
depot at the Monkton crossing. There is
to be large shed added to the rear of the
structure. .....Mr. +. G. Strong, though
cold, is able to be about the house
Nergennes sent another delegation t. the
Burlington horse exhibition Friday.......
The product of Mr.. n. l.. Boyntons dairy,
Bristol Flats, last year, was about 5000
pounds; average price from 26 to 2S cents
per pound. ..... Over 100 days of sleighiDg
thus far, have been recorded for the win
ter of lSs6-s1 ..... Beeman academy New
Haven closed Friday ......Dr. Griunell of
Burlington was summoned in counsel
over NJ. II. Wilson of Bristol, who is i'm
proving. ..... Rumor threatens to reduce
the physicians IN this place, by one or
two.
Monday morning q. H. Sprigg & Co.
shipped to Boston Is cows and 40 calves
.....On the plank road, between Yer
gennes and Bristol, there have ben log days
of sleighing ......E. Elmer of Weybridge
has sold his farm to n. F. Parkill.....
Eggs are declining, chickens are advanc-
same price as chickens Among the
districtischools recently closed are those in
Shoreham taught by Miss Mary Parker
district No. g, Weybridge, Miss Mary j.
Elmer, the 5th ; Miss Hattie Hamilton
Cornwall, Friday district No. I, Monk
ton, Geotge II. Dalrymple, the 25th nit. (:
district No. 3, Cornwall Miss Amber Carr
the 9th; Miss Emma Lawrence, No. =,
same town, the 5th, the South Br stol
school, taught by Miss NJ. A, Field Miss
Flora Grandey in district No. 3, Panton,
last week No. 6, West Cornwall, by Miss
Sarah Guernsey, last week......D. O.
Noonan shipped car of potatoes to Bos-
ton from North Ferrsburgh Monday
Price paid, 80 to 80 cents. latter price for
choice snowtlakes. .... Mrs. j. 5. Hickok
IS still attending a sick relative in New
Haven.
Rev. Mr. Sherman of the Baptist church
exchanged wiGh Rev Mr. Shirk of Whit
Ladies' Aid society give a sociable in the
vestry of the Methodist church .... Mr..
X. o. Green, who has been in the
employ of A Graveine. wheelright,
left here for North Adams Saturday.
Friday evening some 40 of his friends
rendered him supper at Mr. Lewis
Cota's residence. ,..,,R Rev. Mr., Robertson
preached an excellent sermon at the Con
gregation church Sunday ID. K.
Young has placed Tufts fountain in his
store, DR.. +. w. Shipman expects to
retire from practice and go to New York.
Rev q. II. Worthen, the evangelist, de
livered Il Temperance lecture in the town
hall Sunday evening .....The Congrega-
tional ladies' society meet with the Misses
Benton Wednesday at , p. No.. The
society of Christian endeavor will meet
in the Congregational vestry this even
ing.
Mr.. W. II. Patten left Tuesday for Bos
ton TO be absent until Friday. ...... There
Will be religious meetings in the hall
every evening this week k........ Mr..
Mech of the tea store, has been a sufferer
from rheumatism the past week, but is
out again .... William Naylor, who left
this place for Worcester, Mass,
in the fall, died Sunday. lie leaves
mother and brother here ......A surprise
party was rendered j. c. Walker of Fer
risburg Thursday evening last by about
l25 of his friends. 1t was the Goth ami
versary of his marriage. Mr.. and Mrs.
Walker were presented an easy chair,
looking glass and hanging lamp. Joel
Tucker takes the Ray farm, Monkton, for
the ensuing year. ......J. Sharkey has sold
his farm in Whiting to his brother and
has houUht Marvin Baldwin farm